Location:
last door on the right of the Clubs and Organizations wing in the
Rollins building, 2nd floor, room 127

The
Centurion is the college's award-winning
student newspaper. It is published on roughly a weekly basis. The staff
is made up entirely of Bucks students, who have total control over the
paper's content. The paper always needs student reporters, editors,
layout people, photographers and web editors. Students eligible for
federal work-study can receive a salary if they serve as an editor.

All Jour175
students are required to write at least five stories for the Centurion.
At least three of these stories must be either news or sports
stories. The other two can be reviews, editorials or whatever.

NOTE:
FIVE STORIES IS THE MINIMUM NUMBER JOUR175 STUDENTS MUST WRITE. YOU ARE
STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO WRITE AS MANY STORIES AS POSSIBLE. GENERALLY, THE
PEOPLE WHO GET THE MOST INVOLVED WITH THE CENTURION ARE THE ONES WHO DO
BEST IN THIS CLASS.

The paper is
edited and layout is done Thursday afternoon and evening. All students
are welcome to show up on layout night to help put the paper together
(and have some pizza).

DEADLINES
ARE IMPORTANT!
Like any newspaper, The Centurion is on a tight production schedule and
depends on its reporters to get stories in on time. Missing a deadline
not only causes tons of problems for the paper's editors, it also means
you don't get class credit for the story. IF YOU MUST MISS DEADLINE
OR CAN'T FINISH A STORY, LET THE EDITOR KNOW ASAP!

WORKING
STORIES: YOU WILL
PERIODICALLY BE GIVEN CLASS TIME TO WORK ON CENTURION STORIES. THIS IS
NOT STUDY HALL. THIS TIME MUST BE USED TO EITHER REPORT OR WRITE STORIES
FOR THE PAPER, AND AT THE END OF THE CLASS PERIOD I EXPECT TO SEE WHAT
PROGRESS YOU'VE MADE.

AN
IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT SOURCES: Sources (people
you interview for stories) may sometimes ask to see a copy of your
Centurion article before it goes to press. While it's fine to
double-check facts with a source (that's a good thing, in fact), it is
your responsibility to politely but firmly refuseany request
to see the entire article before it's printed.

WHY?
By
letting a source see an article pre-press, you're giving them the chance
to try to control the article's content. Sources will often demand
changes to articles in order to make themselves look better.

Once this
happens you have surrendered your independence as a reporter and are no
longer a journalist; instead, you have gone
over to the dark side and entered the world of public relations hell.